It is truly shocking except that the story doesn't makw it clear if the companies a totally SOLD or just sold SHARES in the companies.It alludes to loss of control, but doesn't clearly state if there is a change of ownership of the whole company.

I like your signature, if the colonial revolution was just an idea among a few brave men, the British would have hung them in the square. At what point did we have the power to enforce the Declaration of Independence? Was it merely a matter of numbers?